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Breath vs Drink - What's the difference?

breath | drink |

As nouns the difference between breath and drink

is that breath is (lb) the act or process of breathing while drink is drink (alcoholic).

breath

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

  • (lb) The act or process of breathing.
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  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • (lb) A single act of breathing in or out.
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  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
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  • *:She knew from avalanche safety courses that outstretched hands might puncture the ice surface and alert rescuers. She knew that if victims ended up buried under the snow, cupped hands in front of the face could provide a small pocket of air for the mouth and nose. Without it, the first breaths could create a suffocating ice mask.
  • (lb) Air expelled from the lungs.
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  • (lb) A rest or pause.
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  • A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
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  • (lb) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
  • :(Tennyson)
  • *(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
  • *:the breath of flowers
  • (lb) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:an after dinner's breath
  • Derived terms

    * bad breath * breather * breathless * breath of fresh air * breathtaking * breathy * draw breath * draw one's last breath * fresh breath * get one's breath back * hold one's breath * out of breath * take one's breath away * under one's breath * waste breath

    See also

    * exhalation * inhalation * respiration

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    Anagrams

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    drink

    English

    Alternative forms

    * drinck (obsolete)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
  • * Spenser
  • There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, / There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed.
  • * Thackeray
  • the bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room
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  • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • To consume alcoholic beverages.
  • * Thackeray
  • Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I drink to the general joy of the whole table, / And to our dear friend Banquo.
  • To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
  • * Dryden
  • Let the purple violets drink the stream.
  • To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
  • * Tennyson
  • to drink the cooler air
  • * Shakespeare
  • My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words / Of that tongue's utterance.
  • * Alexander Pope
  • Let me drink delicious poison from thy eye.
  • (obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
  • * Taylor (1630)
  • And some men now live ninety years and past, / Who never drank tobacco first nor last.
    Synonyms
    * gulp, imbibe, quaff, sip, see also * (consume alcoholic beverages) drink alcohol
    Derived terms
    * drinkable * drink and drive * drinker * drinking * drink like a fish * drink under the table * drink up

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . Compare (etyl) (m).

    Noun

  • A beverage.
  • A (served) alcoholic beverage.
  • The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take'' or ''have .
  • A type of beverage (usually mixed).
  • Alcoholic beverages in general.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks , and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.}}
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  • Any body of water.
  • (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink
  • * , (w) 25:35:
  • For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink
    Usage notes
    * A plainer term than more elevated term (beverage). Beverage is of French origin, while drink is of Old English origin, and this stylistic difference by origin is common; see (list of English words with dual French and Anglo-Saxon variations).
    Synonyms
    * (served beverage) beverage, see also * (served alcoholic beverage) beverage, see also * (action of drinking) gulp, sip, swig * (type of beverage) beverage * (alcoholic beverages in general) alcohol
    Derived terms
    * the big drink * drink-driver * drink-driving * drive to drink * in the drink * straw that stirs the drink * take to drink